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Closing operations in the Gulf and western rivers. by Professor James Russell Soley, U. S. N.
In the operations against Mobile, in March and April, 1865, the navy bore its full share of the work, and met with heavy losses.
The West Gulf squadron, after Farragut's retirement from the command in September, 1864, had been under the direction of Commodore James S. Palmer, who was in turn relieved at the end of February by Acting Rear-Admiral Henry K. Thatcher.
Palmer, however, an officer of great energy and skill, continued to serve with the squadron.
Admiral Thatcher took personal direction of the closing operations against Mobile in cooperation with General Canby.
His force included among other vessels the iron-clads Cincinnati, Winnebago, Chickasaw, Milwaukee, Osage, and Kickapoo.
Among the wooden vessels were the double-enders Genesee, Sebago, Octorara, and Metacomet, the gun-boats Itasca and Sciota, the tin-clads Rodolph, Elk, Meteor, Tallahatchie, Nyanza, and Stockdale (f

er, he camped in the narrow valley of a little stream known as Puncheon.
Though he had taken every precaution to guard against surprise, an important order had not been executed, and at 2 P. M. the enemy in force surprised his camp, attacking it from the surrounding mountains.
After a desperate resistance he was forced to withdraw, leaving thirty-seven prisoners in the enemy's hands--nine wounded, two of them mortally.
Colonel Clay lost his right eye during the engagement.
Late in September, 1864, General Stephen G. Burbridge, with a force estimated at 5000 men, advanced upon King's salt-works, through eastern Kentucky, and up the Big Sandy River.
He was met at Liberty Hill, Virginia, by Colonel H. L. Giltner, in command of a small brigade of cavalry.
At that time not over 1000 men interposed between General Burbridge and the salt-works, only about 23 miles distant. But by dint of strategy and stubborn resistance Giltner detained the Federal army two days on the road, so that

The destruction of the Albemarle.
by W. B. Cushing, commander, U. S. N.
Part of the smoke-stack of the Albemarle.
In September, 1864, the Government was laboring under much anxiety in regard to the condition of affairs in the sounds of North Carolina.
Some months previous (April 19th) a rebel iron-clad had made her appearance, attacking and recapturing Plymouth, beating our fleet, and sinking the Southfield.
Some time after (May 5th), this iron-clad, the Albemarle, had steamed out into the open sound and engaged seven of our steamers, doing much damage and suffering little.
The Sassacus had attempted to run her down, but had failed, and had had her boiler exploded.
[See p. 628.] The Government had no iron-clad that could cross Hatteras bar and enter the sounds,
Several light-draught monitors were in course of construction at this time, but were not yet completed.--editors. and it was impossible for any number of our vessels to injure the ram at Plymouth.
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